SHOWS
“If you've ever wanted to see the future of comedy—head to the BCC.” - Time Out New York
Ah, what a year it's been. The BCC has grown and grown and the community is stronger than ever. We couldn't be more grateful and excited for 2026. But now...it is time for the Holiday Break.
Please enjoy these memes while you enjoy your holidays and we enter the New Year! We’ll be back with shows on Jan 9!
-- The BCC Elves <3
You'll laugh so hard, you'll think you're on a boat!
In this experimental format, your sounds shape our improv set!
2023 CBS showcase girlies and certified freaks Alise Morales and Jetta Juriansz invite you to present your weirdest 3 minutes of characters at this bucket open mic. Seriously - the weirder the better. Just don't be racist.
FREE
New Year, Same semi-improvised late night talk show!
ANNOYING is a fully improvised show by a long-standing group of performers who met at Annoyance Theater NYC many, many years ago.
School's in session! Come watch BCC teachers fuck up everything they teach in this wild-style improv show, followed by an improv jam featuring anyone who wants to play onstage with our teachers! Feat. a post-show improv jam with the teachers!
Sign up promptly at 6:15 pm to snag a spot and your hosts, Katy and Ali, will match you with your perfect partners to perform scenes-into songs with a special prompt.
Free for BCC Students w/ suggested donation to Div. Scholarship!
Moms Against Sketch Comedy performs an hour of their best material.
Your favorite improv teams Go Dummy and Full of Bones combine forces for a night of laugh-out-loud improv comedy.
Welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show - where everything is totally made up on the spot, for one night only.
Opener: TBA
Baby Wants Candy is one of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Inspired by an audience suggestion we will improvise a buddy comedy, featuring lots of laughs, hijinks, and heartfelt moments.
New year, new jokes. A night of new material presented by Allison O’Conor featuring her favorite comedians.
If you’re tired of sitting at home and moaning, that means it’s time to pack up and get going.
Welcome to BABES! An improv show featuring students & grads of the BCC training center. Catch some of the best rising teams from the BCC. It’s time for the community to fuck around, mess around, and be a god-damn lunatics. By that, we mean do improv.
Featuring: Blumpkin, We Share A Bed, Wild Houses
Rainbow Riot celebrates the joys of Blackness and Queerness in Comedy.
A brand new weekly stand up show brought to you by our beloved BCC stand up faculty!
Featuring: TBA
Welcome to our weekly house improv show where a rotating cast of 6 primo indie teams do some of the most GOATED improv you've ever seen!
THIS WEEK: ALL HOME TEAMS MASHUP TEAMS!
Join Jake Fallon and Liz Coin for a night of comedy, or as their dads call it, "not for them."
Performers get 3 minute slots to try their material out with little pops from After School Special in between. Show off standup, sketch, a character, or even a little poem you've been working on. There is a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR BIGOTED MATERIAL.
Tickets: FREE with a suggested donation to BCC Diversity Scholarship fund.
Pump Up: The Jam is a weekly improv mic hosted by William Banks, Maya Sharma, and Tej Khanna where anyone can put their name in and perform improv in a mash up group with other comedians.
Tickets: FREE with a suggested donation to BCC Diversity Scholarship fund.
When a sketch group does improv, the natural order is inverted.
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man… This is the dimension of improvised Twilight Zone on the BCC Mainstage...
Enjoy stand up and improv from your favorite up-and-coming comedians. And who knows…you might even learn a little more about yourself!
Come and meet some freaks at the only talk show set in purgatory!
The Good Time is a fully improvised show based on one suggestion from the audience. The Good Time is a team made up of Chicago improv veterans who have performed at The Second City, iO Chicago, The Annoyance, Logan Square Improv.
Openers: TBA
Descend. Join the freaks of the BCC for a night of mania. All new wild-ass improvised sketches every week. Welcome to hell, it’s a party.
“The right mix of scrappy and chaotic.” - The New York Times
Tickets: FREE with a suggested donation to BCC Diversity Scholarship fund.
A moving seminar for anyone who has been putting something off for way too long to do it live on stage.
Cup Of Worms is a clown collective comprised of past BCC students who fell in love with the craft and each other!
“The right mix of scrappy and chaotic...a leading house of improvisation.” - The New York Times
Classes
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HIRE US
Applied improv classes and customized shows.
Comedy shows to delight and improv workshops to enhance communication, innovation, leadership, and trust among your team.
GIFT CARDS
There’s no gift like comedy.
This gift card can be applied toward any class or merch at the BCC.
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